# 綸

| 綸 | U+7DB8, &#32184; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB8 |
| ← 綷 [U+7DB7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 綹 → [U+7DB9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

綸 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一月 (VFOMB), four-corner 2892$_7$, composition ⿰糹侖)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27583
* Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3416, character 10
* Unihan data for U+7DB8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蜦 | *ruːls, *run |
| 綸 | *kruːn, *ɡ·run |
| 論 | *ruːn, *ruːns, *run |
| 崘 | *ruːn |
| 掄 | *ruːn, *run |
| 菕 | *ruːn |
| 惀 | *ruːnʔ, *run |
| 睔 | *ɡ·ruːnʔ, *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 碖 | *ruːnʔ, *ruːns |
| 溣 | *ruːns |
| 倫 | *run |
| 淪 | *run |
| 輪 | *run |
| 侖 | *run |
| 陯 | *run |
| 鯩 | *run |
| 棆 | *run |
| 踚 | *run |
| 耣 | *runʔ |
| 錀 | *pqʰlun |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kruːn, *ɡ·run) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 侖 (OC *run).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lún (lun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lún
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lún
*** Wade–Giles: lun$^2$
*** Yale: lwún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
*** Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leon$^4$
*** Yale: lèuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loen$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lwin
Rime :
| Character | 綸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力迍切 |
| Baxter | lwin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwin/ |
| Li Rong | /liuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭuĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.ru[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·run/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 綸 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lún |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lwin › |
| Old Chinese | /*k.ru[n]/ |
| English | woof; twist a cord |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 綸 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 8664 |
| Phonetic component | 侖 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 淪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·run/ |

#### Definitions

綸
* cyan ribbon
* fishing line
* thick rope
* emperor's order
* silk thread
* to govern
* wide
* a place in Henan
* Alternative term for 倫／伦 (lún).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 垂綸 / 垂纶
* 如奉綸音 / 如奉纶音
* 布綸堡 / 布纶堡
* 彌綸 / 弥纶
* 氯綸 / 氯纶
* 滌綸 / 涤纶 (dílún)
* 滿腹經綸 / 满腹经纶 (mǎnfùjīnglún)
* 紛綸 / 纷纶
* 絲綸 / 丝纶
* 經綸 / 经纶 (jīnglún)
* 經綸滿腹 / 经纶满腹
* 經綸濟世 / 经纶济世
* 維尼綸 / 维尼纶 (wéinílún)
* 綸扉 / 纶扉
* 綸綍 / 纶𰬘
* 維綸 / 维纶 (wéilún)
* 綸連 / 纶连
* 綸音 / 纶音
* 綸音佛語 / 纶音佛语
* 錦綸 / 锦纶 (jǐnlún)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guān (guan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guān
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guan
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^1$
*** Yale: gwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
*** Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaan$^1$
*** Yale: gwāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaːn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kwean
Rime :
| Character | 綸 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (74) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古頑切 |
| Baxter | kwean |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠuɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /kwæn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kwăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwaan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤu[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kruːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 綸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwɛn › |
| Old Chinese | /*k.rˁu[n]/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-) |
| English | ribbon; kelp |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 綸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 8648 |
| Phonetic component | 侖 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鰥 |
| Old Chinese | /*kruːn/ |

#### Definitions

綸
* a kind of marine plant
* see 綸巾／纶巾 (guānjīn)

#### Compounds

* 綸巾 / 纶巾 (guānjīn)
* 羽扇綸巾 / 羽扇纶巾

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03143
* “綸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* twine
* fishing line

#### Readings

From Middle Chinese 綸 (MC lwin); compare Mandarin 綸 / 纶 (lún):
* Go-on: りん (rin)
* Kan-on: りん (rin)
From Middle Chinese 綸 (MC kwean); compare Mandarin 綸 / 纶 (guān):
* Go-on: けん (ken)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)
From native Japanese roots:
* Kun: いと (ito, 綸)
* Nanori: お (o)、くみ (kumi)

#### Compounds

* 綸(かん)巾(きん) (kankin)
* 綸(りん)音(いん) (rin'in)
* 綸(りん)言(げん) (ringen)
* 綸(りん)旨(し) (rinshi)
* 綸(りん)旨(じ) (rinji)
* 綸(りん)子(ず) (rinzu) (綾(りん)子(ず))
* 綸(りん)宣(せん) (rinsen)
* 綸(りん)綍(ふつ) (rinfutsu)
* 綸(りん)命(めい) (rinmei)
* 経(けい)綸(りん) (keirin)
* 垂(すい)綸(りん) (suirin)
* 釣(ちょう)綸(りん) (chōrin)
* 弥(び)綸(りん) (birin)
* 紛(ふん)綸(りん) (funrin)

## Korean
### Hanja

綸 • (ryun>yun, gwan) (hangeul 륜>윤, 관, revised ryun>yun, gwan, McCune–Reischauer ryun>yun, kwan, Yale lyun>yun, kwan)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Tày
### Han character

綸 (transliteration needed)
* Nôm form of lền.

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội